Monday, October 24, 2011

Bristol Encounters Festival in England Nov 16 - 20

John K./Spumco Cartoon Screening and Signing Thursday Nov 17 2 PM

Come and hang out, shake hands and watch some of my cartoons. I think I will show a nice clean uncut "Boo Boo Runs Wild" that Cartoon Network has graciously given me...and some other rare things..During the signing, you can bring me t shirts or whatever to sign, or you can have me draw you a caricature for a measly 12 LBs! 12 lbs of what, I wonder?

They asked me to show 10 of my favorite cartoons - or at least clips of them so we 'll have some time left over to talk about them.Picking 10 is going to be hard-I may cheat and bring some more...PLUS I'm gonna show clips of a couple of my favorite live action films.Chris Shepherd is going to moderate, so I guess that means he will ask me questions. I'll let him decide where the conversation shall wander.I imagine there will be a question and answer period too so you can trade theories with us.

Plus here's some shots from other animations that the folks at Encounters sent me.Here's some cg animation but painted in a 2d style.This one about the drowned baby looks pretty interesting.SEE YOU THERE AT BRISTOL'S ANIMATED ENCOUNTERS

Well, Evham, I'M surprised at YOUR surprise. The high-stakes, high-speed toy train chase at the end of The Wrong Trousers has to be one of the most breathlessly funny and flawlessly executed pieces of pure visual lunacy in the history of filmmaking. I can also see John having a lot of admiration for Nick Park and company for going the extra mile in terms of acting and movement in a medium that can literally crack under the pressure of too much finite adjustment, and for taking enough care to avoid this problem entirely.

Hey John, I'm definitely coming to both of your shows in Bristol, you've been a great inspiration, and I'm definitely not going to miss this great opportunity to finally meet you and absorb more of your great knowledge. Really lookking forward to it,